Police round up alleged rioters in Pegu division
Dozens of people have been arrested throughout Pegu division for having alleged connections with the anti-Muslim riots that rocked the region last month
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Mob assaults mosque, houses in Pegu division
Mobs ransacked a mosque and assaulted houses owned by Muslims in Pegu division’s Zigon today as the country continues to reel from the spread of sectarian violence
flora and fauna Lead Story News Pegu Division
The fight against elephant poaching in Pegu Range
Elephant poaching in Burma is on the rise amid an increasing demand for ivory and other products made from elephant parts, such as its skin, which is used in traditional medicine.
Crime Lead Story News Pegu Division
Serviceman murdered Pegu woman, say police
The victim, a young woman, was allegedly murdered by her lover, an air force serviceman, in Okshitpin town on 30 September.
1 inmate killed as prison van crashes on Pegu highway
A truck transferring female inmates between Prome and Thayet prisons in Pegu Division has crashed on a highway, leaving one dead.
Lead Story Logging News Pegu Division
Logging war: Truck runs checkpoint in Pegu
The incident is the latest in a spate of violent confrontations between law enforcement officials and illegal loggers in Kyauktaga Township.
Environment Lead Story Logging News
The fight for Pegu’s forests gets violent
As the NLD government steps up efforts to protect Burma’s forests, officers in the Pegu mountain range face off with increasingly violent loggers.
Lead Story Logging News Pegu Division
Pegu forestry officers open fire on logging trucks
Law enforcement officials in Pegu Division’s Kyauktaga Township open fire on trucks carrying illegal timber as they tried to run a checkpoint.
Lead Story Natural Disasters News Pegu Division
Pegu farmlands destroyed by floods
“Farmlands located in the east and west of Zigon were destroyed. The floodwater is yet to subside, and the river is still swelling.”
Accidents Lead Story Military News
Three dead in Pegu helicopter crash
All three crew members aboard a Burmese Air Force helicopter were killed when it crashed in the Pegu Division town of Daik-U on Tuesday.
Crime Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Pegu villages to get drought relief, thanks to Thingyan bribe
The money will make a small contribution to efforts to address the effects of a heatwave hitting large parts of the country.
Environment Lead Story News Pegu Division
Govt must act over dam project chaos, say Pegu villagers
Villagers who say they have suffered from environmental and economic chaos as a result of a newly built hydropower dam in Pegu Division’s Taungtaunggyi held a protest on Sunday, calling[…]
Lead Story News Pegu Division Politics
NLD suspends Pegu MP for graft
Burma’s main opposition party suspends its Taungoo District chairperson, Sein Tun, for alleged misappropriation of local village funds and donations.
Crime Lead Story News Pegu Division
Spanish tourist in Pegu sword attack
A spanish cyclist is the victim of a brutal attack by unidentified sword-wielding assailants.
Pegu fury over generational land claim
A Farmers in Nattalin, Pegu Division turned out in their hundreds to demand the return of land seized by the Burmese army 25 years ago.
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Karen rebel killed as troops clash in Pegu
A Karen rebel fighter was killed and another injured when a clash broke out in Pegu Division between Burmese government forces and the Karen National Defence Organisation.
Pegu locals return home as flood levels subside
As water levels in Pegu Division slowly subside, more than 10,000 locals are returning home from relief centres. Schools in the area began reopening on Monday.
Environment Lead Story News Pegu Division
Pegu govt promises to help farmers with damaged rice fields
The regional government of Pegu Division pledged to assist local farmers whose paddy fields were damaged in recent flooding.
BRIEF – 25 schools reopen in Pegu as floods subside
Twenty-five schools have reopened in Pegu Division after severe flooding caused 175 emergency closures since late July, according to the region’s chief educational administrator Saw San Yin. The education department[…]
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High waters in low-lying Pegu
Each year, as Burma’s monsoon season reaches its peak, stories of inundated fields, homes and entire villages pour into the DVB newsroom. Poor drainage systems and a chronic lack of[…]
Pegu farmlands flooded by dam overflow
More than 40 square kilometres of farmland in Pegu Division’s Thegon Township have been inundated by overflow from a nearby reservoir following heavy rain, according to locals.
Land Lead Story News Pegu Division
Pegu farmers say they must pay bribes to request land deeds
Farmers in Min Hla Township in Pegu Division say that staff at the local Department of Land Statistics are asking for bribes when they request the land certificates they require in order to apply for agricultural loans.
Food poisoning strikes at Buddhist ceremony in Pegu
Around 270 people in Pegu [Bago] Division have been hospitalised with food poisoning after eating milk-noodle soup at a Buddhist ordination ceremony in the town of Thegon.
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Pegu police prohibit constitution protest
Activists in the Pegu Division town of Nyaunglebin have been denied permission to hold a protest calling for amendments to the 2008 constitution.
Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News
Interfaith couple targeted by mob in Pegu
Four houses were burned in an attack against an interfaith couple in Nattalin village, Pegu Division on 16 April, according to local authorities. No one was injured and authorities said that calm has been restored.
BRIEF – Winds in Pegu kill 2, destroy 20 homes
Strong winds ravaged parts of Pegu Division’s Shwe Taung Township on 12 April, leaving two dead and about 20 homes destroyed. Winds felled several trees, one landing on a truck[…]
Activists convicted under Article 18 in Rangoon, Pegu
At least six activists were convicted on Friday for violating Article 18 of Burma’s controversial Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Processions Law
Pegu police jail 10 villagers for breaking curfew
Ten villagers, who were found roaming a town in Pegu division armed with sticks during last month’s anti-Muslim riots, were sentenced to three months in jail on Monday for breaking the state-imposed curfew
Sectarian violence spreads as mobs target Muslim communities in Pegu
Religious clashes continued to spread through Burma late on Monday night, as Muslim homes and businesses in two townships of Pegu division were ransacked
Peace marchers approach Mandalay division
Activists marching 800 miles from Rangoon to the Kachin rebel stronghold in Laiza arrived in Pegu division’s Yadashe township yesterday morning and are headed out today to Yeni town on the border of Mandalay division
